Volume VII Chapter 829 Launching a Satellite or a Missile Test?
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In early February 2009, a report on the social situation in the North Africa-Middle East region was sent to Li Mo's desk. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 INFO, a comprehensive economic, political, and social intelligence report by the Ministry of Intelligence covering the Middle East and North Africa, and the Middle East and Arab regions, concludes that the Northwest Africa region is likely to undergo major changes in the near future.
"Qingqing, submit this report to the Third OECD Council in the name of Somalia, and then send a copy to the General Staff, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
After Li Mo finished reviewing the report, he called his secretary Fan Qingqing and handed her the report and gave her an order.
Regarding Wang Ning's report, Li Mo had a premonition for a long time, although when he was reborn, many changes in the political situation in this region had not yet occurred, but with Li Mo's current identity, he could often see the turbulent waves under the calm surface of these areas from many intelligence information.
These contradictions and problems are not only internal to many regions, but also external, not only present and recently, but also caused by historical reasons.
In the Islamic State, for various reasons, many countries have political axes and leaders who are similar to the surname, and these countries have great hidden dangers in their economic structure, political system, and foreign policy for some reason, and at the beginning, such hidden dangers are still very minor, and even the benefits to a region outweigh the disadvantages. However, with the passage of time, the accumulation of internal contradictions, the guidance and interference of external forces, when they reach a peak, can easily erupt like a volcano.
The power of such an outbreak is fierce and powerful, and it can even change the situation in a region and its surroundings.
Li Mo feels that the strength that Somalia has accumulated is not strong enough, and its political prestige in the international community is not enough, and it needs not only to hibernate, but sometimes, it also needs to express its existence in some international affairs.
The changes in the North African-Arab region are also closely related to Somalia, and at this time, Somalia cannot be left behind.
But it is clear that the strength of Somalia as a single country will not be of much use in this impending upheaval. So the third OECD team role manifests itself.
Fan Qingqing went out for half an hour and then walked into the office again.
"Xiao Mo, this is a fax from the Ministry of National Defense, the Minister of Defense of Uganda will pay a three-day goodwill visit to our country in three days, that is, on February 6. The Minister of Defence of Palermo asked if you have anything to say about this goodwill visit? ”
Li Mo was surprised, but he took a look at it by fax, and it was indeed the itinerary of the Ugandan Minister of Defense's visit.
Li Mo is not too impressed by the country of Uganda, but he also knows that this country once played a very important role in stabilizing the situation in Somalia during the Somali civil war, or at least slowing down the deterioration of the situation in Somalia. Although there are political and other reasons for this, Uganda has helped Somalia in any case.
Unlike the current situation in Somalia, Uganda itself still has many 'rebels' in the northern region, and due to the interference of the Western world, the country's military strength has been reduced several times, and although the quality of its soldiers is very high, it has become somewhat backward in terms of equipment and training.
It can be seen from the fax that the current visit of the Ugandan Minister of Defense was to inspect the formation of the Xingchen Group Special Machinery Factory, and that the Ugandan political axe probably has the intention of purchasing arms from Somalia.
Whether it is emotionally or in terms of interests, Li Mo feels that he should treat the Ugandan delegation well.
"When the time comes, I will have an expert accompany me, and if I have time, I will come out to receive it myself. And also...... If Uganda is interested in purchasing arms, you can give preference to the experts at their discretion. Li Mo thought for a while and said.
In accordance with the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, visits by the Ugandan Minister of Defence to Somalia are generally received by the Minister of Defence unless there are special matters that require a meeting with a senior Somali level. However, if the relationship between the two sides is good, it is possible to send a higher-ranking leader to receive it, but this is rare.
After Fan Qingqing went out, Li Mo opened a drawer under his desk and took out a green document bag from it.
This document bag is the same drawings and software system for the Sandfly 3M-80 anti-ship missile, which was delivered back from the Zimjibar mouse.
In order to ensure the safety of transportation on the road, Li Mo specially instructed He Xiaoqiang to take two Meteor team members to Jinjibar, and on the sea route, the whole process was monitored by the military's radar monitoring system, and in the Northern Military Region, there were even two air force fighters on standby at any time.
All this is because the technical information of this missile is so precious. Although the scientific research department of Xingchen Group now has several missile technology experts poached from Ukraine, it is okay for them to slowly study and participate in the design of missiles, and it is impossible for them to directly come up with complete technical information of an advanced missile in a short period of time.
Even the chief engineer who is responsible for the development and design of a missile cannot memorize all the technical data of the missile without preparation.
From the current point of view, the technology of the 'Sandfly' missile is not very advanced, but this thing is really impossible for ordinary countries to build. In particular, the successor model of the 'Sandfly' missile, which is also known as the well-known NATO code name 'Yue Zhi missile', is a representative work of anti-ship missiles in the medium and medium-range missiles.
Although it does not have the ability to strike aircraft carriers like the Basalt heavy missile, it is the most suitable for Somalia and a much-needed weapon for most countries with navies.
After all, the 'Basalt' missiles were originally loaded on cruisers, and the carriers of the 'Yuzhi missiles' were destroyers, frigates, and large missile boats, and their combat range was much wider.
Li Mo called He Xiaoqiang and instructed him to personally send this document bag to An Li in the Aviation Industrial Park and hand it over to the Missile Research Center for study.
After doing all this, Li Mo stretched his waist, lit a cigarette, and remembered another thing, that is, what the mouse said about what happened at the council of the Underground Arms Dealers Alliance.
For this matter, Li Mo did not expect it in advance, he knew for a long time that the American political axe had an agent in the underground arms black market, and it was that Clooney. But he never thought that the American political axe would use this method to attack the Xingchen Group and hit him Li Mo.
I have to say that this plan of the American political axe hit Li Mo by seven inches. The Xingchen Group now occupies a very small share in the international legal arms trade, and it is still a new newcomer who cannot be renewed. The real fame of the Xingchen Group in the international arms circles was after the Golden Eagle attack aircraft was revealed to the outside world at the National Day military parade last year.
At that time, Xingchen Group, which had mastered the laser anti-missile technology, really attracted the attention of international forces. However, in the world, there are countless companies that have mastered one or several advanced technologies, and Xingchen Group has been valued because of its special background and the military use of laser anti-missile technology. But this does not mean that those international arms predators and giants regard the Xingchen Group as an opponent, to put it mildly, the Xingchen Group is not qualified enough.
It has no reputation in the international arms market, and there are no main products, so the survival and development of the Xingchen Group and the profits from the underground arms trade are important pillars supporting the Xingchen Group. If the underground arms trade is hit, it will really make Li Mo feel broken.
From this incident, Li Mo saw the immaturity of many previous moves, such as joining the Council of the Underground Arms Dealers Alliance, which was a manifestation of immaturity. Li Mo felt that he was a little too anxious, and overestimated the Xingchen Group's ability to expand and resist external pressure.
The unstable foundation caused by being ambitious is the lesson that the council gave Li Mo this time.
Therefore, Li Mo planned to withdraw from that council for the time being, and as for the underground arms dealers controlled and influenced by the American political axe, Li Mo was not too afraid. As they say, the potential of the African market is still very large, and the underground arms sales network of the Somali Star Group accounts for only one-tenth of the underground arms trade in Africa.
Xingchen Group can take this opportunity to give up or shrink back the unstable business that has spread out, and devote itself to Africa.
In Africa, Xingchen Group also has several major customers, such as Libya and Angola, and this time Uganda visited Somalia, it also has the intention of purchasing arms, which proves that in the legal arms trade, Xingchen Group's products are also more and more valued by the national political axe.
Li Mo can imagine that after the Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition, the reputation of Xingchen Group in the international arms industry will be further enhanced, and more customers will take a fancy to Xingchen Group.
At that time, perhaps the sales market of Xingchen Group shifted from the underground arms black market to the legal procurement of the national political axe.
This is what an international arms giant should have, an arms dealer who runs the underground arms black market, will not have much climate, just like the 'death merchant' Victor? Bout, how majestic he was in the underground arms market at the beginning, he was not a pure underground arms dealer, and he also had very close cooperation with Moscow, Britain and the United States, and other political axes, and in the end he was not calculated.
Thinking of this, Li Mo felt that his heart was much smoother, and those who hindered and inhibited his development no longer made Li Mo feel scruples.
"Boss, there has just been news that North Korea has successfully launched its second artificial satellite 'Kwangsung-2', and this experimental communication satellite has safely entered the predetermined orbit in space 18 minutes ago, and many ground and space monitoring stations around the world have confirmed the real surname of this news, and we have confirmed it from Iran and North Korea."
Li Mo, who was in a good mood, was soon stunned by a sudden phone call.
"Wang Ning, are you sure that it was an artificial satellite and not a missile test?" Li Mo grabbed the phone and asked.
If Mr. Lee remembers correctly, North Korea is now testing an improved version of Taepodong-2, an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 10,000 kilometers with three-stage liquid propulsion.
"It's a satellite, it's not a missile test." Wang Ning replied in an affirmative tone on the phone.
(To be continued)